FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol briefs the UN Security Council on Sudan’s food crisis

In 2024 the benchmark measure of world food commodity prices averaged 2.1 percent below its 2023 level

With FAO’s support, 22 countries access financing to address biodiversity loss, land degradation, climate change, and pollution

FAO, WFP and UNICEF urge immediate humanitarian access and action to avert what could become the worst hunger crisis in recent history

Once these conditions are met, FAO can assist with projects to repair boats and equipment and to inject emergency funds

It offers advice on how to optimize monitoring and risk mitigation as infections of pathogenic H5N1 strain spread

The Agrifood Collective of the IHEID, in technical cooperation with the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and World Food Forum (WFF) organized a panel discussion with experts that led to an insightful discussion on agroecology.   

Throughout November and December 2024, the FAO actively contributed to key trade-focused discussions and events, providing valuable insights and updates on agricultural and fisheries trade, food security, and sustainable development. 

On the occasion of Human Rights Day, the FAO Right to Food Team of the Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP) organized the launch of the report Realizing the right to food in a changing world – The Right to Food Guidelines: 20 years on and beyond.

Representatives from the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Ecosystems Group in Geneva attended an online hybrid briefing by FAO and WHO

FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and Agroscope, the Swiss Confederation's center of excellence for agricultural research under the Federal Office for Agriculture, jointly organized a presentation and an interactive discussion with experts on the results of the assessments undertaken in Switzerland and Cote d’Ivoire using the Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE).  

At a hybrid event co-organized by the UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section and FAO Liaison Offices in Brussels and Geneva, experts, policymakers, and industry leaders convened to launch the groundbreaking publication Circularity Concepts in the Pulp and Paper Industry.

The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva, in collaboration with FAO’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (NFI), hosted the latest session of the Fisheries Trade Talks series. This edition focused on FAO’s flagship report, The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024 (SOFIA 2024): Blue Transformation in Action.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture, conducted a rapid needs assessment in light of the escalation of conflict in Lebanon in September 2024. The assessment aimed to determine the proportion of agricultural hou...

Through events, programmes and publications, FAO reiterates its call to restore agricultural lands as key to transforming agrifood systems

The event showcases a new climate challenges and strategies publication, while the inaugural Mountain Future Award includes honours for initiatives from India and Rwanda

The report was presented at the International Soil and Water Forum 2024 in Bangkok

FAO statistical overview records significant 12 percent drop from record levels in 2021-2022

Inaugural gathering of global platform is co-organized by Thailand and FAO